Matt Vecchio 
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Welcome to the NASCAR DFS Pit Stop for the NASCAR Cup Series. Below you will find my rankings for the drivers in this race.
A Group: Drivers I will have the most exposure to and are high priority
B Group: This group is drivers I feel have a high upside and are great filler pieces to pair with the A Group
C Group: The drivers in this tier are a bit risky, but could still be optimal. This group should be used in GPP’s
F Group: These drivers are on my do not play list
(Starting position in parenthesis)
Drivers highlighted in yellow are potential dominators
(All pricing is for DK)
| A Group | B Group | C Group | F Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Elliott (26) – $10.3K | Justin Haley (37) – $5.8K | Christopher Bell (4) – $9.1K | Ty Dillon (33) – $4.8K |
| Martin Truex Jr. (11) – $10.4K | Ross Chastain (34) – $9.6K | Brad Keselowski (20) – $7.2K | Josh Biliki (27) – $4.9K |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (36) – $6.6K | Denny Hamlin (1) – $8K | AJ Allmendinger (10) – $9.9K | Aric Almirola (24) – $6.5K |
| Chris Buescher (15) – $8.5K | Kyle Busch (18) – $9.7K | Shane van Gisbergen (3) – $7.6K | |
| Tyler Reddick (2) – 10.1K | Kyle Larson (7) – $10.6K | Harrison Burton (32) – $5.5K | |
| William Byron (22) – $9.4K | Austin Dillon (29) – $5.9K | Joey Logano (9) – $8.2K | |
| Kevin Harvick (35) – $7.5K | Corey Lajoie (19) – $5.7K |
*** NOTES ***
- Sunday will be the first time in NASCAR Cup Series history that they will race on a street course. We see these races all the time in other series like F1, but never before for stock cars.
- With there only being 100 laps hunting for dominator points is not something we should be doing. Of course, we will still want to get some of the 70 dom points there are but don’t make it a priority when building.
- In the short amount of laps we saw from Saturday’s Xfinity race before it got rained out or lightning caused the ppd, or Chicago officials just canceled it, there was almost no way to pass once cars got into the top 10. I expect a similar type of race on Sunday. Cars were able to move toward the front but got stymied once they entered the top 10-12.
- My builds will be focused on 1-3 drivers starting at or near the front and the rest will be starting 15th or worse, mainly. There are a handful of drivers starting near that back that have good cars and will move up fast. Those drivers will be higher-owned, but they could be necessary for us to have good paydays when the race is over.
